pretermit
Example Sentences
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The convention did not pretermit the duty of reiterating those principles, and you will find them prominently set forth in the resolutions it adopted.
From Sketches and Studies by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
I must, therefore, reluctantly pretermit all such matter—reserving for some other occasion the gratification of the public curiosity therein.
From Quodlibet by Kennedy, John Pendleton
Freke, telling his funny stories, did not for one moment pretermit his study of the little comedy before him—Jacqueline and Throckmorton and Judith.
From Throckmorton by Seawell, Molly Elliot
Then there are all manner of the ordinary maladies of humanity, which I pretermit.
From My Life as an Author by Tupper, Martin Farquhar
Now in the sairvice of Goad and the King 'tis raight to pretermit no aiffort to bring the guilty to justice.
From The Path of the King by Buchan, John
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